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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עמודה-#.m4a” /]עַמּוּד, טוּר, עַמּוּדָה Before it was lines on a piece of paper (or in a spreadsheet), a column was that which supports a surface raised above the ground. Such a column (or pole, for that matter) is called עמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עמודה-#.m4a” /] in Hebrew. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/עמודה-#.m4a” /]העמוד הזה מפוסל בצורה אומנותית. This column is sculpted…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /]שֶׁמֶן זַיִת The Hebrew word for oil is שמן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /], as in שמן מנוע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /] – motor oil and שמן זית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /] – olive oil. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/שמן-זית-#.m4a” /]הוא מבשל רק עם שמן זית, ולא עם שום שמן אחר. He cooks only with olive oil, not with any other oil. More than…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/כרובית-#.m4a” /]כְּרוּבִית The Hebrew word for cabbage is כרוב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/כרובית-#.m4a” /], and even though it’s spelled and pronounced the same way as the Biblical כרוב – cherub, the two words are unrelated: כרוב the vegetable comes from Greek, while כרוב the angelic figure first appeared in Middle-Eastern languages. Anyway, since cauliflower grows on a bed…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/בדיחת-קרש-#.m4a” /]בְּדִיחַת קֶרֶשׁ The Hebrew word for joke is בדיחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/בדיחת-קרש-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/בדיחת-קרש-#.m4a” /]שמעתם את הבדיחה על…? Have you guys heard the joke about…? The kind of joke that falls flat, in Hebrew, is בדיחת קרש[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/בדיחת-קרש-#.m4a” /] – literally, a joke of a (wooden) board. To continue the dialogue above, the listeners…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/מקשה-אחת-#.m4a” /]עָשׂוּי מִקְשָׁה אַחַת According to the Torah, the golden candelabra in the Temple (and Tabernacle) was made of a single piece – מקשה אחת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/מקשה-אחת-#.m4a” /] – of solid gold. Made is עשוי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/מקשה-אחת-#.m4a” /] (or עשויה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/מקשה-אחת-#.m4a” /] for a grammatically-feminine object), so that we have: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/מקשה-אחת-#.m4a” /]המנורה הייתה עשויה מקשה…